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'The Duke of Edinburgh, president of the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, has approved the following to be commissioners: Professor Sir Richard Brook, OBE, chief executive, Leverhulme Trust; Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector, Royal College of Art; Mr Stuart Corbyn, lately chief executive, Cadogan Estates'
- The Times, 11 March 2009
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_for_the_Exhibition_of_1851
Yes, it was just a cheap joke I'm afraid. In the NZ context Asia 2000 kept its original name well into the 21st century before changing it to Asia:NZ. Not quite as impressive as a century and a half of history, granted.
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